This is a coin absent from many advanced collections of the Second Republic period.
The rarest circulation coin of the Second Republic, which, despite a theoretically high mintage, in reality practically did not enter circulation, because in 1932 the parity of silver circulation coins was changed and with this date 5 gold coins of a new type, smaller and lighter - containing less silver - were introduced into actual circulation. J. Chalupski in"Specialized Catalogue of Polish Coins" writes:
"After this issue was withdrawn from circulation, the Warsaw mint melted 22.8 million five-gold coins out of a total mintage of 26.7 million. The vast majority of coins from the 1932 mintage were melted, hence its great rarity and high market quotations...".
The date typeface, as well as other features of this vintage, are preserved (more on them in the GNDM blog article).
